PlantsShade & Groundcovers
Virginia Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
A quick native cover under trees, pale flowers in May
EasyShade & GroundcoversAlso Flowers
- Light
- Part shade–shade
- Moisture
- Medium–moist
- Mature size
- 12–18 in
- Spacing
- 1 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers May–Jun
- How it spreads
- Rhizome, fills in
- What to buy
- A pot. It will fill the gap.
- When to plant
- Apr–May or Sep
In the design
Use it where a north bed looks empty in May. It can get tatty by August. That is fine if ferns are behind it.
